Calling the the authors of the paper liars is a very strong claim that you haven't shown any evidence for.
In a world where no one reproduces results, test enough hypotheses and one is bound to hold.
This was an intentional distortion of the study (if we're talking about the same one) created by the press releases of antidrug organizations. The headlines all screamed that pot smoke was more dangerous than cigarette smoke, and you had to dig to the third paragraph of the articles (where facts go to die) to find out that what the study actually suggested was that (cigarette smoking + pot smoking) was worse than cigarette smoking alone.
IIRC, it also focused on people who were smoking their pot mixed with tobacco, and suggested the reason for the damage was that people hold in pot smoke far longer than they normally hold in cigarette smoke, so more of the cigarette smoke settled rather than being exhaled.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2554344/
https://www.algonquincollege.com/umbrellaproject/dont-hold-y...
When people started realising how bad smoking was in the 50's, the tobacco companies started manufacturing filtered cigarettes, which had the appearance of being less harmful. They even added extra chemicals to make used filters appear darker than they otherwise would, so that they appeared to be filtering more effectively [3].
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9241071/
Lots of people also forgo a roach altogether because they “want to taste the resin on their lips.” - Martyjuana’s words, not mine. But I agree.
A roachless joint is actually the recommended method of consumption by Ganjiers for cannabis flavor assessment.
On the other hand, we've got a pretty solid understanding about this for alcohol.
> highly addictive mind altering substance
mind altering for sure, but you should clarify that it isn't highly addictive in the way most people think about that statement. Its not a heroin or opioid situation where there is a high propensity to physical dependence even after limited used. THC use is more like alcohol in that around ~9% of users will develop some sort of physical dependence after frequent heavy use, granted there is a noticeable lack of known immediately damaging physical symptoms (like liver damage with alcohol). THC withdrawl symptoms, when they exist, are generally irritability, insomnia, and decreased appetite.
I think you've watched a bit too much reefer madness. There is little to no evidence backing any of these claims (and btw you supplied none) with legal access to cannabis.
Total jerk.
Also: alcohol is a poison that is far more dangerous than cannabinoids to health. it is not correct that smoking them is more harmful than cigarettes.
https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1...
I actually agree with most of what you're saying (I never trust any industry to research their own products), but this bit is wrong. As a former cigarette smoker who occassionally smokes weed, it's simply not true to say marijuana is "addictive" in the same sense as other drugs, and discredits the rest of your post.
That's true but smoking literally anything is phenomenally bad for your body. Even herbal cigarettes (regular herb lol) have terrible health effects. That said, there are perfectly safe ways to consume marijuana that don't involve smoking. Have you considered edibles?
>That's true
It's very, very questionable that that's true.
Since no link has been provided, and every study I've ever seen says the exact opposite, I'll continue believing cannabis smoke is far less damaging until I see very strong evidence otherwise.
I know this is total BS because the differences between the teeth/eyes/skin/house between hardcore stoners and hardcore tobacco smokers are far too obvious.
Stoners are so much better off it's not even funny.
Cig smokers on average smoke waaaaay more plant material than weed smokers. If you smoked 20 joints a day im positive your teeth would look every bit as fucked up as a pack a day smoker
"Formula 420" has always been 99% isopropyl alcohol mixed with rock salt
Try using something that benign to clean something where you smoked tobacco in. It isn't going to work.
Beyond that, stoners tend to utilize more types of filtration. Bongs/bubblers which water cool and add some kinds of filtration. Many stoners exclusively or nearly always vape - which is orders of magnitude healthier. Tobacco smokers very rarely use filtration techniques when they smoke, and utilize more intense and likely more combustion inducing vapes than weed vapes.
Terrible reasoning. You can not judge the health effects of a substance by how easy their residue is to clean up, that is just stupid.
You actually have to look at real health outcomes and compare those.
Typical stoner logic :^)
Furthermore ever smoked weed through a cig filter? You barely get any effects if any at all. Because it filters thc out. So no, its not just for show.
The latter is complete poppycock.
Thank fuck I gave up smoking it 25 years ago…
No, hardcore stoners don’t smoke the equivalent of 40-60 one gram joints by themselves in a day. A súper “hardcore” stoner ala Snoop or Willy might combust up to half that amount in a day personally.
Most “hardcore stoners” - read: medicinal users - that need that level of phytocannabinoid input move onto dabbing or tinctures.
Drinking Tea can make your teeth yellow, that doesn't dictate some latent health risk from having yellow teeth. Or that Tea is worse than snorting coke.
What you should be comparing (and are not) is actual health outcomes.
Typical stone logic :^)
Link? I've yet to find a study that has isolated cannabis-only smokers. They all typically find that cannabis + tobacco smoke is worse than just tobacco, which isn't all too surprising.
Sit down, take it easy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/01/14/b...
Also there is at least some link between it and schizophrenia. Anecdotally the weed smokers I know are, let's say, not the wisest and most moderate people I know. (Correlation and causation, I know.)
Why are we giving it a free pass? There’s no strong evidence it’s risk free, it’s just another street drug. Perhaps it’s believed that if you smoke you’re more likely to develop liberal values. If you can really call drug induced beliefs values.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/41125-one-night-cough-syrup-...